Question

The winter was such severe that even water in the taps was frozen and this created a lot of inconvenience to everyone in the family.

• A. severe so much
• B. so severe
• C. severe such
• D. no improvement
• A. on
• B. by
• C. with
• D. no improvement

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: Identify the error in the sentence → The original sentence reads: “The winter was such severe that even water in the taps was frozen and this created a lot of inconvenience to everyone in the family.” The underlined portion is “such severe.”
Step 2: Recall the grammar rule → The structure “such + adjective” is incorrect when directly modifying a noun like “severe.” Instead, English uses the construction “so + adjective + that …” to show cause and effect. Example: “It was so hot that we could not play.”
Step 3: Apply the correct usage → In this case, the correct phrasing should be: “The winter was so severe that even water in the taps was frozen …” This makes the sentence grammatically correct and natural in English.
Step 4: Contrast with the incorrect option → Using “such severe” is wrong because “such” is usually followed by a noun phrase (e.g., “such a severe winter”), not directly before an adjective without a noun.
Step 5: Present the corrected sentence → The improved version is: “The winter was so severe that even water in the taps was frozen and this created a lot of inconvenience to everyone in the family.”
Step 6: Apply the formatting instruction → The final answer must be given as a single string without extra spaces beyond the word itself.
FinalAnswer:so severe

Answer 2

An alternative way to solve sentence-improvement questions like this is to insert each option in place of the underlined words and test whether the full sentence reads naturally.

1. Option A: "The winter was severe so much that..." is an awkward, non-standard word order in English, since "so much" is not typically placed after the adjective it modifies in this construction.
2. Option B: "The winter was so severe that even water in the taps was frozen..." reads naturally and correctly uses the standard "so + adjective + that" pattern for cause and effect.
3. Option C: "The winter was severe such that..." is not idiomatic English; "such" does not follow directly after an adjective in this way.
4. Option D: Leaving the sentence as "was such severe" keeps the original error, since "such" needs a noun phrase after it, as in "such a severe winter," and cannot directly precede a bare adjective like "severe."

Only inserting "so severe" produces a grammatically standard sentence with the correct cause-and-effect structure.

Hence, the correct answer is so severe.

Answer 3

Step 1: Identify the sentence → “The members of his family are coming in this train and I am sure that it will be a memorable trip for all of them.”
Step 2: Focus on the phrase needing correction → The expression “coming in this train” is not idiomatic in English. The issue lies in the use of the preposition “in.”
Step 3: Recall the rule for transportation prepositions → In English, we say “by train,” “by bus,” “by car,” etc., when referring to a mode of travel. The preposition “in” is not correct in this context.
Step 4: Apply the correction → The correct sentence should be: “The members of his family are coming by this train and I am sure that it will be a memorable trip for all of them.”
Step 5: Apply the formatting instruction → Since the answer must be concise without spaces, the correct response is given as a single word.
FinalAnswer:by

Answer 4

Another way to work through this preposition-correction question is to test each option against the standard collocations used for modes of travel in English.

1. Option A: "Coming on this train" is used mainly when emphasising being physically aboard a specific train at a given moment, but it does not fit as smoothly as the standard travel-mode phrasing in this general statement about the family's travel plan.
2. Option B: "Coming by this train" follows the everyday pattern used for naming a mode of transport, matching the standard collocations "by train," "by bus," and "by car," and reads as the natural, expected phrasing here.
3. Option C: "Coming with this train" is not an accepted English collocation for describing a mode of travel; "with" is used for accompaniment, not transport method.
4. Option D: Leaving "in this train" unchanged keeps a non-idiomatic preposition, since English does not use "in" with "train" to describe travelling by it.

Matching the sentence against the standard travel-mode collocation confirms that "by" is the preposition required here.

Hence, the correct answer is by.